Preds Deal Nagle

Local Beat

October 22, 1999

The Orlando Predators traded quarterback Browning Nagle to the Buffalo Destroyers for wide receivers Vernon Turner and Joe Douglass on Thursday. Nagle, 31, played in 10 games for the Predators last season, completing 146 of 275 passes (53.1 percent) for 1,991 yards with 39 touchdowns and nine interceptions. ``Browning played very well for us at times, but Connell Maynor was just sensational at the end of the season,'' Predators Coach Jay Gruden said. Maynor helped lead the Predators to the ArenaBowl last season, where they lost to the Albany Firebirds. The Preds have two experienced quarterbacks on their roster, Maynor and Pat O'Hara. Nagle had stints with the New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons. The trade continues a roster shakeup for the Preds, who dealt possibly the best player in league history, wide receiver/defensive back Barry Wagner, to the New Jersey Red Dogs earlier this off-season. Neither Turner nor Douglass has Arena Football League experience.

- Hatters fall 3-2

All of the goals were scored in the second half of host Georgia State's 3-2 victory against Stetson in men's soccer. Georgia State (6-7-1, 3-1 in the Trans America Athletic Conference) led 3-1 when Stetson got a goal from Kjell Aasheim with 49 seconds left.

The second annual Gus Macker All-World National Championship will take place in Celebration on Saturday and Sunday. More than 800 basketball players from 26 states will compete in the three-on-three tournament. The event will benefit the Celebration School Athletic Department. Seventy-two cities in the United States have hosted Macker tournaments this year. For more information, call 1-616-754-0373 or visit the tournament's Web site (www.macker.com).